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Do not be tempted to take the law into your own hands and carry a knife.That was the message from a judge to a 56-year-old Gloucester man who said he carried a blade for his own protection.Bryan Thomas said he was fearful for his safety and had been attacked in the Barton Street area of the city, near to where he lives.Read: Public safety fears after knives and crossbow stolen in burglaryBut district judge Joti Bopa Rai said that was no excuse for breaking the law and carrying the folding lock...

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January 18, 2017, 3:00 am

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Shop owners are urged to be aware of fake £50 notes after two incidents in Wotton-under-Edge and Berkeley. The first incident happened at the Post Office in Kingswood yesterday (Tuesday 17 January). Two men bought two low value items, a magazine and a chocolate bar, before paying with a counterfeit £50 note. The shop worker gave them their change before releasing the note was fake. The men were white, in their 20s, wearing dark clothing and had Irish accents. One had ginger...

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January 18, 2017, 3:04 am

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More details have been made public on the burglary in Cheltenham last night which saw at least half a dozen police cars tearing through the town. People saw numerous cars with sirens blaring at about 7.30pm heading along Gloucester Road, after being called to a burglary in progress. The break-in was reported at 7.20pm at a house in Highwood Avenue. A police spokesman said this morning: "A resident returned home from work to find his house broken into."Unknown offenders...

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January 18, 2017, 3:44 am

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Friends and family will gather for a fitting memorial to "wonderful" teenager Zac Evans two years since his death.Ewen Reynolds is serving a 28-year prison sentence for killing Zac, 19, with a machete as he tried to break up a fight outside the Pike and Musket pub in Tuffley on January 24, 2015.On Sunday, January 22, people will gather for a memorial to the painter and decorator which will include a ride along. Everybody who turns up is encouraged to wear blue.Riders from far and wide...

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January 18, 2017, 3:54 am

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Do you know who this man?He is wanted in connection with a robbery, at knifepoint, at the Paddy Power shop in Cheltenham's High Street.He didn't get very far - he was chased away empty-handed by a customer who was in there at the time, but police still want to trace and question him.Watch: Muslim call to prayer at cathedral sparks debate, explanations and a deleted Facebook postYou will need a good memory though - it happened on November 15 last year, and police have today issued their appeal...

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January 18, 2017, 4:17 am

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A 'Loadsamoney' cannabis dealer who took pictures of himself flashing the cash made almost £40,000 from his crimes, a court heard today.But Luke Bircher, 21, currently serving a two-year jail term, has no assets available for forfeit under the Proceeds of Crime Act - except a Transit van and some cash seized when he was arrested, Gloucester Crown Court was told.Judge Jamie Tabor QC certified that the Cheltenham dealer's criminal benefit was £39,427 and that his available assets are...

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January 18, 2017, 6:30 am

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A child porn offender rang the courthouse where he had been sentenced and threatened to kill the judge, a court was told today.Paranoid schizophrenic Joshua Lee, 32, of Whaddon Road, Cheltenham, initially told an official at Northampton Crown court that he wanted to 'question and interrogate' Judge Michael Fowler, who had sentenced him in December 2015."It was explained to him that was not possible," said prosecutor James Haskell today at Gloucester Crown Court where Lee admitted...

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January 18, 2017, 7:27 am

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Security guards patrolling the streets of Gloucester could become a permanent feature - if it gets the public's backing.Gloucester City Safe employed 'ambassadors' to support businesses in the week before Christmas when shoplifting incidents increase.As well as catching shoplifters, the guards will help people on the street, give directions to tourists and provide a uniformed presence.And after the eight-day trial City Safe wants to the public to offer their opinion on how it went.Read:...

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January 18, 2017, 9:28 am

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Fraudsters are tricking vulnerable victims into paying bogus debts by forcing them to buy iTunes gift cards.The warning comes after an elderly woman received a phone call telling her she owed £1,300 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and faced arrest unless she paid up.She was told to pay the money back using iTunes gift cards which were later purchased from ASDA and Currys, Manchester Evening News reports.The scammer asked her to phone back and read out codes located on the back of the...

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January 18, 2017, 10:29 am

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Messages on Jason Lindsay's phone proved he was dealing in drugs from a Cheltenham addict's flat, a jury was told today.Slang words on the phone were in common use in the drug dealing world, said Det Constable Gary Forster at Gloucester Crown Court.He was giving evidence against Lindsay, 25, of Southgate street, Gloucester, who is jointly accused with Odaine Mullins, 28, of Avon Square, Hertford, of using Stuart Whittingham's flat in Monkscroft, Cheltenham, as a dealing base.The prosecution say...

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January 19, 2017, 3:37 am

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Staff at a Polish delicatessen in Cheltenham were not involved in a serious assault in its car park. So said a worker at the Zrodelko Delikatesy in lower High Street this morning, as police continued to investigate the incident on its premises. Officers said it happened at around 6pm yesterday when the victim, a 34-year-old Cheltenham man, was assaulted by another man in the car park. Read: Man, 34, suffers serious head injury after being attacked near Polish deli in Cheltenham Police...

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January 19, 2017, 4:15 am

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Three people were arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs during a police operation in Cheltenham in the early hours of this morning. Police said a Ford Focus was stopped and searched by officers in the early hours in Malvern Road and suspected Class A drugs were found inside. Three men were arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. Read: Serious assault outside Polish deli: shop staff say they are mystified after man suffers head injury A 19-year-old man, a 21-year-old man and...

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January 19, 2017, 6:00 am

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This is where you can stay up-to-date during the day with everything that is going on in Gloucestershire. We will bring you the latest weather and travel and all the breaking news from the county. This includes a shocking report about the number of county children saying they have been offered illegal drugs increasing for the first time in a decade. On a lighter note, we are hoping to play cupid after a man met a girl in Morrisons and wishes he had the courage to say more to her. So stay...

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January 19, 2017, 7:53 am

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A 20-year-old Cirencester woman is to stand trial in June on charges of inciting a girl under 16 into sexual activity and possessing child porn. Sian Ada-May Donnachie of Park View, Stratton, pleaded not guilty at Gloucester Crown Court today to inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity by presenting herself naked in front of her. She also denied possessing six Category B indecent images of children and 19 Category C images between June 2013 and July 2015. Judge Jamie Tabor QC bailed...

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January 19, 2017, 8:14 am

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Dangerous Duane Griffiths throttled and raped a girl who had been reported missing after going on the run from a care home, a court heard today. Ginger haired Griffiths, 26, of Hathaway close, Podsmead, Gloucester, met the girl when she absconded from care - but he then subjected her to an ordeal of sex and violence. He sprayed lighter fluid around his flat and threatened to ignite it and he put an electric flex around the girl's throat and pulled it so tight that she felt light headed and...

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January 19, 2017, 9:44 am

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Alleged drug dealer Jason Lindsay, 25, told a jury today that a hoard of crack cocaine and heroin found hidden in a Cheltenham flat was nothing to do with him.He also denied he was responsible for drug dealing messages found on his mobile phones after they were seized from the flat in Monkscroft.Lindsay, of Southgate street, Gloucester, told Gloucester Crown Court he was a user, not a dealer, and the only drugs in the flat that were his were cannabis and crack cocaine found on the bed.He and...

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January 19, 2017, 1:26 pm

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A painting that formed part of an exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral has been 'removed' - a day after it received sparked international debate over inviting the Muslim call to prayer to be heard. The Faith exhibition features 37 portraits of various figures painted by Gloucester artist Russell Haines and will feature at the cathedral for a number of weeks. The event sparked a media frenzy and international debate as Gloucester Imam Hassan was invited to sing the Muslim call to prayer as part...

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January 19, 2017, 9:14 pm

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News that another man has been found carrying a knife for his own safety has been met with little surprise as people describe 'increasing tension' on one of Gloucester's most notorious streets.Fifty-six-year-old Bryan Thomas is due to be sentenced after pleading guilty to carrying a folded lock-knife in Barton Street.He claims he had it to protect himself after being attacked weeks before, in what has become a regular excuse given for people caught carrying weapons in the city.While the judge...

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January 19, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Well-known speeding hot spots are being targeted by mobile speed cameras in Gloucestershire in January.At the start of the new year, the Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership has announced the following roads as locations for the speed detector vans.They include the busy Princess Elizabeth Way in Cheltenham, the A40 at Dowdeswell to the east of Cheltenham, and the A4173 near St Peter's School.The Road Safety Partnership will seek to visit other mobile enforcement sites throughout the county -...

Polish shop car park attack: man is seriously ill in hospital

January 20, 2017, 2:25 am

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A man attacked in a Cheltenham car park is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.Gloucestershire police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the 34-year-old sustaining a serious head injury after being attacked by another man.Officers said it happened at about 6pm on Wednesday in the car park at the back of the Zrodelko Delikatesy in lower High Street.Read: Serious assault outside Polish deli: shop staff are mystified about what happenedA police spokeswoman said:...